TY - JOUR AU - Verma, Vaishali AU - Sondhi, Sachin AU - Sharma, Rajesh AU - Mahajan, Kunal PY - 2020/09/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COVID-19 associated viral myocarditis: does it exist? JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 90 IS - 4 SE - COVID-19 - Collection of articles on the Coronavirus outbreak DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1382 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/1382 SP - AB - <p>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a lethal pandemic that has claimed millions of lives worldwide. While respiratory involvement is the most common and most virulent manifestation of COVID-19, there is enough data to suggest that myocardial injury reflected through elevated troponin levels is seen in around 7-28% of patients and is related with increased morbidity and mortality.</p> ER -